adams



(No Model.)

P. L. ADAMS.

GHBGKREIN HOOK.

No. 444,264. y yPamsn'edJan. 6, 1891.

FRED. L. ADAMS, OF PROPHETSTO'WN,

JOI-IN F. KILROY,

PATENT OFFICE.

ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO OF SAME PLACE.

CHECKRElN-HOOK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 444,264, dated January 6, 1891.

Application tiled August 27, 1890. Serial No. 363,197. (No model.)

.To all whom it' may concern.-

Be it known that I, FRED. L. ADAMS, a citizen ot' the United States, residing at Prophetstown, in the county of Whiteside and State of Illinois, have invented a new and useful Oheckrein-Iilook, of which the following is a specification.

This invention has relation the checkreinhooks; and the objects in view are t-o provide ro a hook adapted to permit ot a ready withdrawal and introduction of the check rein, and yet at the same time absolutely prevent any accidental disconnection of the two, said hook being of simple and economical construction x5 and consisting of but few essential parts.

l \Vith the above objects in view the invention consists in certain features of construetion hereinafter specified, and particularly pointed out in the claim.

Referring to the drawings, Figure l is a side elevation of the hook constructed in accordance with my invention. Fig. 2 is a transverse section through the saddle-plate and connecting-bolt. Fig. is a longitudinal section, and Fig. 4 a detail in perspective of the holt and spring-tongue mounted thereon.

Like numerals of reference indicate like parts in all the figures of the drawings.

l designates the usual saddle-plate, which 3o in the present instance is provided near its front end with a square opening 2.

3 designates the bolt, introduced vertically through the opening and adapted to p ass through the saddle-tree .4 of the harness-saddle. The lower end of the bolt is threaded, as usual, and after passing through'the rear end of the cheek-hook 5 is secured in position by means of a binding-nut G, which binds the saddle-trec,l1ook, and saddle-plate snugly to- 4o gether. The upper end of the bolt is provided with a square or angular head 8, which somewhat snugly lits the square opening f3 of the saddle-plate, and upon the head is mounted a rectangular plate 9, provided at its ends with flanges 10, upwardly disposed and connected by a transverse pintle l1. A piece of spring-wire is bent upon itselt` to form a central tongue l2 and straddles the pintle at its center, said tongue being upwardly disposed and terminating' close to the under side ot 5o the rearwardly-curved cheekrein-hook. The terminals of the wire are coiled loosely about the pintle at each side 0E the tongue, as shown at 14, the disposition of the coils being reversed to each other, so that the one neutralizes the other and the tongue is held in a pei'- feetly vertical position, but capable of being depressed either to the front or to the rear. The ends of the coils lie iiat upon the plate at opposite sides of the pintle. It will now 6o be observed that a check rein will be readily inserted in the hook and forced by the springtongue in either direction, which latter will readily yield to any pressure `greater than that calculated to accidentally disconnect the checkrein. It will thus be seen that I utilize for the support of the spring-tongue the bolt employed to connect th e saddle plate, tree, and check-hook.

Having described my invention, what I 7o claim is- The combination, with a saddle-plate having a rectangular opening in its front end and a check-hook located under the opening, of a bolt having a square head mounted 'in the 75 opening, depending through the opening and through the checkrein-hook, an oblong plate mounted upon the upper end of the bolt under the hook and having opposite flanges, a pintle connecting the flanges, and a spring- 8o wire bent at its center to form a tongue and having its terminals coiled in reverse directions around the pintle and bearing upon said plate at opposite sides of the pi1'1tle,subst.an tially as specified.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixed my signature in presence of two witnesses.

FRED. ADAMS.

Witnesses:

MALLORY S. HILL, H. J. STONE. 

